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gleiten tnteps 'ittrn @titre CHARLES' Wines, or NEW Youn. N. Y. Letters Patent Nh. 71,107, dated November 19, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEANS POR SEGURING AND BBLEASING HORSES.

TO ALL TO IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, CHARLES WILLS, ofthe city of New York, count-y and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Ilmprm'ernents in Means for Securing and Releasing Horses Vend I do hereby declare that the following is o. full and exact description ofthe same.

The object ot' my invention is to construct ready means for fastening horses in` such o manner that it will he perfectly impossiblowir thchorse to release itself, us' it can do with mosto' the recent looks for securing horses, where there is generally o'knol) on the loteli,whieh it con take hold of and relese itself furthermore, in ready means forV releasing horses without entering the stall, which will he useful in case of casting of the horse, but more especially in case of Afire in a large stable, where it is necessary to release a great number of horses instantaneously;

The nature of my invention consists in placing the boit or latch inside the front wall of the stall, and conmeeting the bolt to the end of the portitiohwall by moons of a. wire laid in into the wall, offering iny this vmanner no projectionwhateverouwhioh the horse might be alble to act. The bolt muy be operated bye. knob on the end. of the stall partition, or hy a ring inside of the stall, on the side ofthe partition near the front wall.

.To enable others skilled in the ort to ineke and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same,with the oid of the accompanying drawing, in wl1ich Figure. 1 is a plan' view of my apparatus on on enlarged scale.

Figure 2, a, longitudinal section of a stall.

Anis thc'bolt; itis surrounded by o casini-r, Al, which is secured to n. plate, A2, by which the boli: is secured a to theiront wall, and which is let in flush with the latter. From o point, a, on the bolt, the same is reduced in size, leaving from there an annulurspoce all around the outside of the holt and the inside of casing A1. In this space is placed, surrounding the bolt, n spiral spring, al, which beurs with one end against the shoulder a' ofthe holt, and with tho other against the ond Va2 of casing Al, holding the bolt in the position represented in the drawing. ,Through o suitable hole in ci passes the reduced end of the bolt A.. A hole, A3, suitable to allow the ring of the halter hy which the horse is to be secured, is worked out in the plate A2. A small pin, ai", fastened to the holt, slides\in o slot, a, practised in the casing A; this prevents the turning of the bolt, and regulates the amount of throw of the suine. The reduced endet" .bolt A, projecting from the end of easing A1, is formed into an eye, A4, 4to whiehis connected wire B, by means of which the holt is operated. To turn the angle from thefront part C ofthe stell to the side partition D, I place a block of wood, E, intothe corner; the some iscut out to c quadrant of alarga radius, the front C forming a tangent to the seme, but projecting a certain distance,v as represented, from the partition D, forming u' shoulder ntf, where thehlocl: ends. This Ablock E, :is well as the partition D und front wall C, is groovcd out, so :is to allow the connecting-nire to pass in the same freely to and fro. The 'groove is covered ilush to the wall with a metal plate, F. To euse the turning ofthe corner, I place at this point, in the wire B, :i piece of pitch-chain, B1, which, being composed of smell links, isvllexihle;

V und the resistance produced hy the rubbing of the pitch-chain over the metal pla-te at the" corner'is also very slight, and easily overcemoby spring e. The turning of the corner may be also done by means of an anglelever; hut dcsiringjr to prevent all projections, I prefer the former. Close in the corner, ou tho side partition, at the shouldcrf, the metal plate F turns in :it right ongles towards the partition D,'ovcr the end of block E.

The wire B passes ut this point through n hole left in F, und is provided with a ring, B2; this latter serves to i operate the bolt A from within the stall. Between ring B2 und shouldcrfis introduced an ongle-piece of metall, lG, composed of the ports Grx und GK2 placed at right angles. The wire B passes through an opening in the arm G2; The end of arm Gl is provided with an eye; to which is connected wire Il, which passes to the end of the stallpartition D to the knob H. It is obvious that, when knoh H is pulled, the piece G is moved; the arm Gfwill bear against the ring Bl,and pull the holt. It isolso obvious that pulling ring B2, the wire B will slide through the hole in the arm G2 ofthe angle-piece G, und the latter will not be moved. By these ineens I have produced en arrangement by whicn the bolt muy be operated at both points, ot the knob II or thc ring B2, independently, without entangling.

The operation is now' readily understood, and is :is follows: The bolt A is hold by the spring al in the position represented inA the drawing, in which positionthe halter-ring is hold. To loosen or free the seme,rpll either knob H or ring B2, und the eye on the end of the halter will he released from the bolt, the latter being drawn beyond the opening .A3 in plate A, and drop down.4 To festen a horse, pull ring BZ, enter the eye on the end of the halter into the opening .A3, let go ring B2; the bolt will enter the eye on the halter, and the horse is secured. v i

In fig. 2 is shown a horses head, and the connection of the. halter to thebolt in red linee. In blue lines is represented an arrangement which I prefer to employ when I desire to prevent thel horse frein lying down.

Havingnow fully described my ini'ention, what I consider new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

I claim the spring-bolt A, in combination with wire B, pitch-chain Bl, plate F, ring BZ, angle-piece G, and knob H, substantially a-snnd for the puipose herein specified. In testimony wheieof I have hereunto set my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES WILLS. Witnesses:-

EMIL VossNAcn, ROBERT MULLER. l 

